Zephyr received the intelligence report through the papal channel just after dawn. It arrived in his interface as a high-priority, encrypted packet from the Ministry of Whispers.
He opened the file, his divine perception scanning the contents in a fraction of a mortal second. The report detailed the dismantling of the Halvern smuggling pipeline and the capture of the Korthane Attaché. It was clinical, thorough, and entirely devoid of self-congratulation. Kaelen Myrvalis was a machine made of flesh.
But it was the addendum that caught Zephyr's attention.
Anomalous reference detected during interrogation, Kaelen had written. Subject mentioned a 'second channel' operating independently within Dominion borders. Code name: 'The Archivist.' Identity unknown. Location unknown. Subject was ordered by his handlers to avoid contact.
Zephyr cross-referenced the code name against his vast, internal database of known intelligence assets, foreign operatives, and historical threat profiles.
